Author Chad Garrison

A man from ‘burbs just wanted to sell his 2002 Monte Carlo. But the kid from the hood had other ideas. Police say he came to the sale with a gun and without a conscience.Riverfront Times has the story.

Pork steaks are a St. Louis bbq staple. But what exactly is a pork steak? Even some St. Louisans don’t know for sure, and that can prove deadly — especially if you’re grillin with John Cunningham. Riverfront Times has the story.

A Missouri teen has been charged with a hate crime for beating her gay neighbor. Police say that 17-year-old Mercedes Ayers had been taunting the lesbian couple across the street for weeks with some colorful insults. Riverfront Times has the story.

And we have a frontrunner for this year’s “Worst Mom of the Year” award. St. Louis police have charged Latonya Davis with child endangerment after she confessed to encouraging her three-year-old daughter and a two-year-old boy to fight each other. Davis filmed the brawl and was so proud of it that she uploaded it onto her Facebook page. Even worse, is the boxing advice she yells at the kids as they sob and scream. Riverfront Times has the story.

The man who police believe burned, tortured and killed five dogs in north St. Louis last month remains behind bars. So, who burned off this dog’s ear and how/why does the abuse continue? Riverfront Times has the story.

She used to be his live-in girlfriend. Now she’s recovering from severe burns and lung damage after Jacob Lowery poured gasoline over her head and torso and set her on fire. Riverfront Times has the story.

Cops arrested two women as they duff in the buff outside St. Louis this week. Police say an alarmed passerby noted the naked ladies on the fairway and called in a complaint. No such outcry came from the dozens of male golfers on the course that day. Go figure. Riverfront Times has the story.

Investigators hold out hope that the encrypted writings of Ricky McCormick could yield the answer to his mysterious death. But after a decade of trying, McCormick’s ciphers now rank third on the FBI’s list of unsolved cryptanalysis cases behind only a code from the Zodiac killer and a threat to a public agency a quarter-century ago. Riverfront Times has the story.

Ten months after his estranged wife disappeared, prosecutors have charged Clay Waller with making good on his threats that divorce would be “her death sentence.” With no body ever recovered, investigators are focusing on a blood-soaked carpet found hidden in a crawl space. Riverfront Times has the story.